We, collectively create societies to serve our interests. Does society really make that many demands? Besides not breaking its laws and doing your best to pay your own way through life? I wonder. Maybe society doesn't make any demands on you. You could live or die and the society as a whole wouldn't notice you unless you caused harm in the process. The only part of society that really makes any personal demands on you are those people who love you and depend on you, who have a relationship with you. Otherwise there are social norms that may or not reflect you but are there because they reflect the majority. Being a minority, no matter the conditions can cause resentments and anger. They can also cause one to feel unique and special and enlightened and thusly, a change agent.

You can be rich and miserable and poor and miserable. Its how we manage the misery. You are right about that. But its not always miserable. Somedays we do see the sun shine and we do find separation from misery.

I believe we are all change agents. I can walk out my door. Wait for someone to walk by. Offer them a smile and change their world. Its true. Someone smiled at me once on my way to call it a life at the river. That person will never know what their smile did for me and the people who love me that day.

The thing with giving up, blaming and opting out.... they don't work. Something inside of our humanness wants back in. We are not made to be alone. I wish we were. I think life would be a lot easier if I didn't keep coming back to a genuine honest need for human interaction.

We all have something unique to bring to the mix of society. We are society. We are the ingredients.